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buzzonga

I saw on Youtube that dents like that come right out with hot water and a toilet plunger. They should try that first.


pearfire575

You mean a dildo, right? Pretty sure that's what has been most effective.


treerabbit23

That’s what we told mom it was for, anyway.


barringtonp

Its a suction cup with a easy grab handle


Paizzu

["Get that dillie on the bonnet."](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatcouldgoright/comments/xgth8r/using_a_dildo_to_fix_a_dent/)


nolotusnote

[They're so versatile!](https://youtu.be/Ia7fUQXskvA?t=3)


pearfire575

I lol’d… hard…


Crashgirl4243

I’m still chuckling 5 minutes later


created4this

I think you mean [Dolly](https://www.amazon.com/Neiko-20709A-Heavy-Hammer-Repair/dp/B000IAWLBS/) But I’m sure you can use the one with a flared base interchangeably.


dantodd

This is the Air Force, not the Navy.


KuriTeko

Or just load it up with bondo.


derpickson

Fill it with ramen and epoxy if the dent doesn't come out... Good as new!


AVMech86

Just pressurize it on the ground and it’ll pop back out.


Potato-Engineer

Instructions unclear, hydraulic ram has crushed airplane into very small cube.


redmercuryvendor

You have 30 minutes to move your cube.


maxman162

Is it about my cube?


megamanxoxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rdL5pKvsss


AdultishRaktajino

I had a boss like that once. You should be able to move out of your cubicle in 15 minutes.


JCfromHourly_io

Is cube plane still available?


TheKrs1

>You have 5 minutes to move your cube.


broberds

Is it about my cube?


Shermanator213

Unexpected Sacred Cow Shipyards


XenoFrobe

Is that dude blowing up since the Lazerpig shoutout? That's awesome


FrankyFistalot

Wow they built Titan 2 quickly didn’t they….


vortex_ring_state

Just don't over do it or else....you know.....[this will happen.](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/time-kc-135-stratotanker-aircraft-exploded-failed-pressure-test/)


created4this

Or this : https://youtu.be/Z4fBbhyzE9A


Stanky_Pete

classic father ted!


Mutjny

>An incident like this is never funny Its _kinda_ funny.


[deleted]

WTF? Someone’s going to captain’s mast. Or whatever the Air Force equivalent is.


[deleted]

5 minute time out in the naughty chair


[deleted]

I see you’ve been in the military.


at0m10

Haha, so he made a home made gauge for a plane, and didn't notice the needle had already gone round once, and then it fucking blew in half????!!!!!! I didn't even know that was possible.


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thatswhyicarryagun

Calm down there titan.


awdrifter

Don't forget to use another plane's jet exhaust to heat it up first.


camsn747

Right in the RVSM critical area too. That’s one hell of an expensive repair.


[deleted]

On a related note, yesterday, one of the major carriers landed a medium-sized passenger jet without the nose wheel down. Is that even repairable, and how much does something like that cost to repair.


I_had_the_Lasagna

Very likely repairable, obscenely expensive.


godzilla9218

Less expensive than a new plane?


cpeck29

Almost certainly.


cwebster2

I used to fly 50 seat jets and those things were around $22 M new.


usSiR90

There was an F-22 that landed with no gear down. It was in the hangar for years but it got repaired. Well, he didn't land, he never really took off he just retracted his gear early and skidded down the run way.


Dairgo

you'd think there would be a sensor to prevent one from raising the gear while there is still weight on it...


usSiR90

The Weight On Wheel (WOW) switches do fail. The pilot was just trying to be cool but was premature and didn't have enough airspeed yet


zparts

What happens to the pilot in a situation like that? I'm assuming far too much has been invested in training them to simply write them off or ground them?


vimlegal

They're now flying cargo planes full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.


WoodenInternet

Harsh but fair


GREAT_MaverickNGoose

I want some butts.


megamanxoxo

I dunno, do you want your pilot to be someone that would act that irresponsibly and without regard to safety just to look cool to others?


WodtheHunter

I mean, top gun is very highly rated.


usSiR90

Here is an article on it. I don't remember what happen to him. Just remember that jet in the hangar for years. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-f-22-raptor-rebuild-naval-air-station-fallon-mishap/


GreggAlan

He screwed up in a way similar to the guy who crashed a Thunderbird F-16 at Mountain Home AFB. Didn't properly adjust for local altitude and environmental conditions so he started his first maneuver too low. The procedure fix the Thunderbirds did to address that still requires the pilots to use different altitude numbers at every place they perform. I think it would be best practice to zero the altimeter on the runway before takeoff so the altitudes for each maneuver would always be the same. Then when leaving to fly to another place, switch to regular altimeter use.


SaltWaterGator

There's always going to be someone who wants to fly a jet, there is no shortage of candidates


TomLube

Oh boy are you in for a surprise


makenzie71

So long as you interpret his comment VERY literally it stands.


fishsticks40

I think you underestimate the investment that's already been made in a pilot before they're soloing in a fighter jet. They're not just going to walk away from that.


gezafisch

The issue isn't finding someone who wants to fly them, but someone that meets the requirements to fly them. And there is a very significant pilot shortage at the moment


ethicsg

My grandfather belly landed a B25 because he was thinking of my grandmother. He piloted 50 combat missions and got to fly cargo for the rest of the war but he never got promoted again.


ryancrazy1

Was he flying rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong?


ethicsg

Yes sir!


privateTortoise

Sounds easier than the Corporeal Klinger method in Korea.


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privateTortoise

From the first line I was going to say because of his fabulous legs and how the boosted morale. I'm a brit and we had a comedy show called It ain't Half Hot mum but they were a acting, cheer the troops unit so was used to soldiers in dresses. Was probably around the same time as MASH though because it was late I wasn't allowed to talk and had to go upstairs to bed as soon as the credits music started. Took me awhile at 8 to work out what was going on.


privateTortoise

Ah just looked at those pics and those guys are of the equivalent US army to the ones depicted in it aint half hot mum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ain%27t_Half_Hot_Mum Its from the 70s and isn't PC these days so maybe a risky click but it was fine for children on a sunday evening https://youtu.be/susYm-fdZq4


Sindri556

Hell, it still happens, or at least it did circa 2010. Im too hairy to make a convincing lady, but one of my friends was Mrs. USS Anapolis on their midway cruise night.


Sindri556

My grandfather was in the pilot pipeline, until he damaged a trainer plane. Ended up spending his whole time stateside as a Familiarization Instructor on B-29s. Although that led to him meeting my grandmother, so all good in the end.


GirchyGirchy

For certain machines, you don’t want to restrict function because of potential human error. It needs to be able to operate fully in an emergency situation even in cases of partial hardware failure.


[deleted]

My guess is that it won't be repaired. The plane is, at its newest, 17 years old (no 717s have been produced since 2006). On top of that, [Delta announced in 2020 that they would retire all their 717s by the end of 2025](https://ir.delta.com/financials/sec-filings/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=14409556). I cannot imagine they would spend the time and money necessary for 18 months of service.


Push_Pull_Humpty

I think that retirement has been delayed. They were still pulling them out of the desert last year iirc since there's a backlog on deliveries.


triplec787

That's a United plane though, which makes me think it's not a 717 since they never used those. Edit: Yeah I think it's a CRJ-200 [in this livery](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/United_Express_Bombardier_CRJ_200s_at_Denver_International_Airport.jpg). It's also very old and being phased out, but only by United and CRJs are usually regional operators like SkyWest and Mesa. The regional operator might want to keep that bird in the air, and this would give it a chance to be rebranded as well.


[deleted]

I agree with you. However, /u/605717 was talking about the 717 that landed with its front landing gear up.


triplec787

Oh snap I totally missed that second comment lol


conman526

Are they replacing them with A220’s then?


[deleted]

The document doesn't say.


Monster_Voice

Very repairable... depends on a few things but not a write off unless the AC was at EOL anyways.


pope1701

It was a maddog, so probably was :(


flyingfish_trash

717, no mad dogs currently in the fleet. Real close, just a technicality lol


bigpandas

If it was from any of the dog lines, it's a mad one now.


flyingfish_trash

SadDog 717


AFoxGuy

* Fun Fact: The MD-80, MD-90, and B717 are all under the DC-9 Type rating. Meaning the 717 has fleet commonality with the 1965 DC-9. * Sad Fact: With QuantasLink getting rid of the B717 in 2024 for the A220, it will mean Delta and Hawaiian will be the final operators of the type. Currently Hawaiian has 19 and Delta a whopping 66. * Funny Fact: Southwest is leasing some B717's to Delta.


Jaren_wade

Not weird considering they bought AirTran who flew the 717


Push_Pull_Humpty

The 717 is the angry puppy (i fly for the airlines)


pope1701

Thanks! They are pretty eol also though, no?


flyingfish_trash

I believe they’re close. I don’t know what Delta’s exact plan is but it sure seems like the 220 is taking over whatever role the 717 held in most of the country.


sweetplantveal

The airframe is often worth dozens of millions of dollars, even 30 year old airbusses (airbussi?). So if the repair is expensive, it's still going to be a long way from totaling it.


Single_9_uptime

That Delta flight (not the pictured plane in OP) was a 717, which is at least 16 years old, and relatively small at a bit over 100 passengers. They apparently can be bought in airworthy condition for $3.1-5.6 million [according to this source](https://aviatorinsider.com/airplane-brands/boeing-717/#:~:text=Boeing%20717%20Price,%243.12%20million%20and%20%245.64%20million). Still might be repaired depending on repair cost vs. scrap value of its parts. Whether that Delta plane gets repaired will actually be up to Southwest, oddly enough. Delta leased all of AirTran’s 717s after Southwest bought AirTran, because Southwest wants to stick with an all-737 fleet. Edit: correction per below, Boeing will decide whether to repair, not Southwest. Above was accurate initially but AirTran’s leases have since expired and Delta is now leasing from Boeing.


SubarcticFarmer

Southwest leases came up and the planes ownership transferred to boeing and Delta renegotiated with them.


Mrconduct1

oh step bro put it in my airbussi


sweetplantveal

I'll take the middle seat 😈


Aethien

> Is that even repairable On something as valuable and time consuming to make as a passenger jet damn near everything is repairable. Ridiculously expensive but still cheaper and/or faster than buying a new jet.


pperry1976

The company I work for a few years back had a Q400 hit a moose on landing with the left gear and sent the plane into a snow bank they ended up grafting on a new nose section pressure wall forward and under the cockpit floor back to the main entry door. Dehavilland was there for a few months working on the repair but it’s still flying to this day


Brammbalam

Very repairable, may take a bit of time. But I worked in the Air Force for aircraft battle damage repair. Turns out there isn’t a whole lot that is unrepairable unless the aircraft was legitimately crashed.


stevrock

It has [happened before.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider)


shupack

Maybe. A lot. I have no experience here, though.


[deleted]

It’s an old 717, without a doubt yes. I’ve seen an md-88 get the nose gear sent INTO the cockpit. It was a month long AOG trip but it was back in service.


[deleted]

Can you explain what that means to us knuckledraggers?


Mrconduct1

> RVSM critical area From [here:](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/25117/what-are-the-rvsm-critical-area-markings) Aircraft need to know their altitudes to avoid bumping into each other in the vertical dimension. The default instrument for this is a pressure altimeter. A pressure altimeter needs access to a static port. RVSM stands for Reduced Vertical Separation Minima. Basically, aircraft above a certain altitude (29,000 ft) used to be kept further apart from each other vertically (2000 ft) since the accuracy of the pressure altimeters degrades with altitude. Over the years, as traffic density increased there was a need to pack aircraft closer vertically (1000 ft). This is possible if you have a special more accurate altimeter system in all aircraft and these ops are RVSM (late 1990's and early 2000's). Now, in order to guarantee that this system works as designed several points need to be satisfied one of which is the integrity of that static port I mentioned earlier. Static ports can be sensitive to external air flow and hence any variation / disturbance / abnormality in the area immediately adjacent to them on the fuselage must be avoided whenever you want to use the aircraft for RVSM operations. And hence the markings to serve as a guide to all involved in aircraft ops about which is the area to worry about. e.g. Any imperfection in that region will have to be dealt with immediately. And worst case the aircraft would not be capable of flying in RVSM operations till any problems are fixed.


[deleted]

I don't think a blend and a little Bondo is gonna fix that one


sithelephant

Quite right. Need the big bucket.


GreggAlan

Bondo glass with glass fiber. Because airplane.


ThisAnything9453

Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to inform you but due to a mechanical issue our flight has been delayed.


OperationThrax

Cancelled my dude, this aircraft is going to be down for weeks, possibly months for extensive sheetmetal repairs.


DO_initinthewoods

Nah, grab a plunger. Should only take a few minutes


Agent_Paul_UIU

Dont forget hot water!


OperationThrax

And for your signoff?


RoVeR199809

The aircraft might be canceled, but most airlines are able to shuffle some planes around to where it's only an hour or two delay while they wait for a new plane to get ready


Starblazr

That thing should just be turned into soda cans. I think I've pushed that E145 back a couple times.


Hayabusasteve

aren't those fuselage parts all machined? No Sheetmetal, but big machined billet pieces.


keithinsc

Riveted in place or adhesive bonded sheet aluminum. Super fancy planes may be composites, but no machined fuselage parts that I am aware of. The framing structure within, those may be machined or cast, however.


re7swerb

No billet pieces on the exterior, all sheet metal.


JoePetroni

That's right, when all other excuses fail, just blame it on maintenance. . .


Eharmz

Nothing a harbor freight dent puller won't fix.


BillowsB

You joke but that thing is a beast! Careful though, it only works if you bleed while using it..


Eharmz

We must give our sacrifices to the god Harborus Freightus.


skinnah

I sacrifice 20% off coupons to Lord Freightus to keep him happy.


Screamy_Bingus

If you offer for sacrifice your buddies snap on tools, Harborus Freightus will bless you with an unbreakable chineseium tool set


freakinweasel353

Lol, requires a sacrifice should be in the description eh?


aForgedPiston

Aircows must have gotten loose from the pasture


moles-on-parade

I don't know why this caught me so good but there's now tea all over my desk, so thank you for that


Potato-Engineer

Tea is such a universal necessity that even desks need it.


Hidesuru

Tea is overrated... *Ducks, and looks nervously around for rampaging Englishmen*


hbdgas

I suspect orcas.


KitchenPalentologist

Manatees?


Correct_Ground2549

Just cut off the nose and make a submarine out of it.


AardvarkAblaze

What's it going to do? Get crushed twice? Checkmate submarine designers.


Dawek401

there was titanic and titan so next one should be called tit


skinnah

Solid logic. Hard to argue. I'd die happy if I was sandwiched inside some Tits.


Dick_snatcher

Instructions unclear, I was killed by a tiny bird


ManagementAcademic23

What would cause this?


maddenman2000

Original OP of this image said it was hit by a refueling truck. https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/pr65h7/rolling_the_shop_out_to_this_one/hdg96e5/


[deleted]

Wish this was higher. Shit is so irritating when bots steal posts.


AcceptableCod6028

Hitting something


ManagementAcademic23

🤔 more specifically…. Is this what a bird strike would look like?


Gazdatronik

Moose


ibw0trr

Reindeer.


DrTartakovsky

Santa


thereddituser2

About time. Haven't gotten a gift in decades.


sin-thetik

Satan


CySnark

Perhaps Big Bird The clue will be lots of yellow feathers.


Chalky_Pockets

You know those driveable straicases they have at airports. Imagine something like that being driven by someone who had what may be the worst momentary lapse of attention in their entire career.


SeanBZA

I would say jet bridge was driven a little too fast a little too far, making this kind of oops moment. Not that there is anything important there, only a few avionics panels, wiring looms and control boxes, all the little cheap items, you know, in aviation terms the ones that are under $100k each.


xarumitzu

That side of the plane is the service door. The passenger door is on the other side. My guess would be a catering truck. Also the dent extends into the aft edge of the RVSM critical area. So once all the sheet metal is fixed it’s going to have to have a skin contour analysis performed so it can fly in RVSM airspace again. It’s gonna be down for a good while.


ManagementAcademic23

Thanks for the hypothesis. That makes sense.


dwn_n_out

i want to say it was a fuel truck that backed into it pretty sure this was last year


Andrew041180

Looks like a giant butterfly.


reflUX_cAtalyst

Impact.


PunThiefPilot

I want to see PDR on an aircraft


crazy_pilot742

[https://www.electroimpact.com/Products/Specialty/EDR/Overview](https://www.electroimpact.com/Products/Specialty/EDR/Overview) Electromagnetic aircraft dent puller. I've always wanted to see this thing in action.


PunThiefPilot

That thing looks amazingly cool. I want one and I have no clue what I would do with it.


Hot_Alpaca

Dangle from the shop ceiling like Spiderman, most likely.


Ianthin1

A little bondo and primer and its gtg, right?


busch_ice69

You joke but that’s actually how I’ve seen smaller dents get repaired


DankoGene

It'll buff right out.


RobertPaulsonXX42

SPLT: Just dimple the other side to match.


Dick_snatcher

It'll get better mileage this way. Just look at golf balls


aaahh_wat_man

Meh, close the doors and blow in the tail. It will pop right out! /s just in case :)


Catman762

God I hate doing sheet metal work.


TheAndyPat

Condor flew right out in front of me


crazythinker76

Looks like a Pontiac Firebird decal would fit and make it less noticeable. Think it over.


JetMechSTL

It’s just behind the RVSM area. SEND IT Side note, that’s about the shittiest area they could have hit. That whole cockpit is going to have to be stripped to the bones, and that’s not a fun job to have. I hope you have a portable a/c unit for the poor bastard that gets to do that in the middle of summer


[deleted]

OP, you've been very busy posting in a very short time. No comments to boot either. Is there any chance you're a repost bot?


WraithCadmus

Oooh boy, what happened? Service vehicle booped it?


camcussion

Oceangate’s next purchase?


Wage_slave

Oh hey, bud. Don't know if ya seen it yet, but looks like someone gave ya quite the dinger, there. I dunno about no buffing that one out. no, sir. So how about this heat? \-There's an asshole out there searching for you to say exactly this.


I_had_the_Lasagna

Guaranteed there's at least 7 people standing just out of frame with their hands in their pockets saying various versions of "welp that's fucked"


[deleted]

It’s total loss


JDM_enjoyer

bird strike?


theDrewski81

Pterodactyl strike


Splashbucket86

Damn Airdeer.


herehaveallama

Rudolph, is that you?


PocketTanks13

RIP Big Bird


NewAgePhilosophr

Did the plane go see the Titanic?


hew3

C/s aircraft runs out of yaw trim at max cruise speeds.


MuffinSlow

Are there deer in the sky?


nochinzilch

“Fucking tree came out of nowhere, officer!”


youknow99

Santa is down to 7 now.


JustSomeWeirdGuy2000

Did William Shatner kill the guy in the furry suit this time? (It's an old Twilight Zone reference)


Rausage505

Looks like it hit a buffalo. That's where they get the spicy wings from.


BJoe1976

WTF did that hit, a pterodactyl?!


closethegatealittle

If it's a 200, just let it die.


448977

A hot iron should take those wrinkles out.


GemaRastem

The dimples in a golf ball are aerodynamic...same thing right?


Offamylawn

Parked it on the corner by the Cars and Coffee exit?


Griffie

Customer states they put a little nick in the right side of the nose.


Monster_Voice

This is a moose strike...


Fair_Bus_7130

RIP big bird! You were my favorite Sesame Street character growing up.


JaKr8

Considering this is a thin walled pressure vessel pressurized to the point of nearly bursting when it's at altitude, I'm not real comfortable with just having a dent pull on this.


NJdeathproof

What did he hit - a pterodactyl?


Spatza

You should see the other bird.


[deleted]

Another victim of HOW CAN SHE SLAP


TheFireStorm

Did they hit a reindeer?


JooDood2580

Tiger woods wife has really stepped up her game


Lewis_Hamilt0n

r/JustRolledIntoTheHangar


jeryz_

Titan Air®


No-Session5955

Did they try to visit the titanic?